Mumps
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Mumps

  • Age:
    • Vaccination of children aged 1 and 6 years

The vaccine and its manufacturer:
vaccines Prioryx

Vaccination against the disease:
syringeHBV syringeMMR

Description of the disease

Mumps is an infectious disease caused by an RNA virus that affects the salivary glands, less often other glandular organs (pancreas, testicles, ovaries, mammary glands, etc.), as well as the nervous system.

  • Treatment

    Treatment of a mild clinical form is symptomatic, with the development of complications, hospitalization in an infectious disease hospital and additional consultation of narrow specialists is indicated.

  • Prevention

    Prevention - vaccination against mumps, which provides protection for 10 years.

  • Symptoms

    The incubation period is up to 18-20 days, after which symptoms appear:

    • Malaise;
    • Increase in temperature;
    • Characteristic swelling of the salivary glands in the parotid area;
    • Pain in the parotid area;
    • Hearing impairment;
    • Pain when chewing;
    • Dry mouth;
    • Pain in the sublingual and submandibular salivary glands;
    • Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea are possible.

  • Diagnostics

    Diagnosis is a clinical picture, an immunoenzymatic blood test or complement binding reaction is also possible.